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Indonesian oil workers win strike The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) reports that 8000 Indonesian oil rig workers ended a six-week strike on August 7, after winning many of their demands. The

LAHORE — Since Pakistan and India have gone nuclear, August 6 — Hiroshima Day — has become an important day for peace activists. In both India and Pakistan, socialists are in the forefront of the peace movement. Hiroshima

Climate change impacts on Arctic A three-week Greenpeace expedition to the retreating Arctic ice pack, completed on July 31, has uncovered new evidence that climate change is impacting on the wildlife and ecology of the region. The Greenpeace

By Siddartha DELHI — "The Kargil war [in Kashmir between India and Pakistan] was forced on India. It had no other choice." This was the Indian establishment's consensus on the Kargil crisis. But let us stretch this argument a few steps further.

Burmese students remember August 8August 8 is the 11th anniversary of the 1988 uprising in Burma. On the 8/8/88, the entire country rose up against the corrupt and brutal regime of General Ne Win, in power since a military coup in

Downer in Dili: what wasn't reportedDILI — The Australian government, forced to recognise that some form of political change in East Timor is inevitable whatever the result of the referendum, has been attempting to woo the

Some 300,000 people living in the Wanni region in northern Sri Lanka have been cut off from food and medical aid for more than a month, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on August 2. The only route to the region, which is

Washington, Canberra hope to disarm FalintilFalintil, the armed wing of the East Timorese resistance, is under renewed pressure to disarm. Although Falintil has upheld a unilateral cease-fire and abided by security guidelines called

Web site launched for imprisoned South African poetThe Campaign for the Release of Mzwakhe Mbuli has a launched a web site to publicise the case the renowned artist. Mbuli is known as South Africa's "people's poet" for his daring

Independence rally in West Papua An estimated 5000 protesters, many holding bibles, marched through the town of Mimika singing hymns as they marched to the office of the Mimika regent to demand independence for West Papua. The protesters shouted,

The Iraqi government on July 31 lodged a protest with the United Nations against the destruction of seven samples of VX nerve gas found at the UN Special Commission on Iraq's (UNSCOM) Baghdad headquarters. UNSCOM ignored an Iraqi

European elections provide some shocks By François Vercammen The June elections to the European Parliament sent a major shock wave through the political system. In Italy, the presidents of four parties have resigned. Social democrats in